Bottle-cooler.



Patented Nov'. 6, |900.

E. W. ESTES &. F. A. EMERICK.

BTTLE COOLER.

. lApplication led May 2, 1900.)

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1 @ifa .1li-.- .if I I z I u E n @f- 7 trice@ EIJDRIDGE WV. ESTES, OFHOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, AND FREDERICK A. EMERICK, OF OSVEGO, NEl/V YORK,ASSIGNORS TO THE GREAT BEAR SPRING COMPANY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEV JERSEY.

BOTTLEmCOOLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 661,308, dated November6, 1900.

Application filed May 2, 1900. Serial No. 15,203. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may con/cern:

Be it known that we, ELDRIDGE W. Es'rEs, a resident of Hoboken, in thecounty of IIudson and State of New Jersey, and FREDERICK A. EMERICK, aresident of Oswego, in the county of Oswego and State of New York,citizens of the United States, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Bott1eCoolers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in coolers for bottles,demijohns, and the like, and has for its object the production of acooler of this sort which will be simple in construction and easily keptclean and in which a bottle may be readily inserted and removed withouthindrance or obstruction by the ice. It also insures the maintenance ofthe bottle ceu trall y within the receptacle and of a cooling iiuid indirect contact with the bottle.

-The invention therefore consists in the construction, combination, andarrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,Figure l represents the improved cooler in sectional elevation. Fig. 2is a plan of a cell removed from the cooling-receptacle. Figs. 3 and 4illustrate in plan forms of receptacles and constructions of cells forthe accommodation of two or more bottles.

The exterior part of the cooler consists of the receptacle 5, which maybe made of any suitable material, preferably fiber. It may be circularin horizontal section, as indicated in Fig. 4, or oblong, as indicatedin Fig. 3, or of any other suitable shape, such as will providesufficient space for a cooling agent between it and the bottle orbottles. It may have a cover, as 6, and a drip-pan, as 7, which willcatch the water of condensation that may form upon the exterior of thereceptacle.

In Figs. l and 2 a cooler is shown constructed for but one bottle. Thebottle is indicated at S, and a cell for receiving it is indicated at 9.This cell may be made in various ways. It may be made from wire-net, asshown, or it may be made of sheet metal perforated. It is provided withdistance-pieces or pieces projecting laterally therefrom to the wall ofthe receptacle, in order to center the cell within the receptacle andprovide space for ice all around it. These distance-pieces maybe of anysuitable formation and may project from the side walls of the cell; butthey are preferably made from pieces or loops of wire secured to thebottom of the cell, as seen at l0, thus at the same timeforming thebottom ol' the cell. The cell may be provided with any desired form ofhandle or handles, one form being indicated at ll. The perforations oropenings in the wall of the cell allow free access of water to thebottle and also a circulation of the water to and from the ice about thecell, whereby a better cooling effect is produced than if the water werekept away from the bottle or if dry ice Were packed against it.

Vhile a one-bottle cooler is the one most generally used, coolers may beconstructed for any number of bottles. In Fig. 3 a cell is shown at l2,which is made to receive two bottles, and the receptacle is made toconform with the double cell. The bottles may be separated in a doublecell, and where a cooler is built for more than two bottles it ispreferable to have a cell for each bottle and group said cellssubstantially as shown in Fig. 4-namely, as close to the center of thereceptacle as possible. The arrangement of the distance-pieces may beVaried from that seen in Figs. 1 and 2, each variation being exemplifiedin Figs. 3 and 4f.

Coolers of the form described are successfully used in keeping bottleddrinking-water cool and without fear of contaminating` it with thecooling medium. In such use of the cooler the bottle is frequentlyremoved, and were it not for the cell it would always be a difficultmatter to replace the bottle in the broken ice; but since the ice isthus held back it is as easy to replace the bottle as it is to removeit.

The cover 6 of the receptacle when removed for gaining access to thebottle is apt to drip more or less because of water of co11 densationgathering thereon, and is desirable to prevent this water from soilingsuch IOO places as the cover may be placed upon when removed. To preventthis, a holder for the cover has been devised, which may take the formsubstantially as indicated at 13, Fig. l-that is, it may consist of ahook screwed, preferably, to the center of the cover by means of a screwpassing through the knob or handle of the cover. This knob is generallyattached to the cover by means of a screw or rivet 14, and to screw thehook in place it is simply necessary to extend the hook or rivet 14through a shank of the hook, as shown. When the cover is taken from thereceptacle, it may be hung npon the side thereof by means of the hook,as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 1, and any water dripping from thecover will descend to the tray 7.

We claim as our invention- A bottle-cooler consisting in the combinationwith a receptacle or jacket, of a removable bottle-cell formed ofwire-net and having loops of wire secured across its bottom andprojected beyond the walls thereof to the walls of the receptacle forthe purpose of centering the cell within the receptacle, substantiallyas set forth.

' Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 30th day of April, A. D. 1900.

- ELDRDGE W. ESTES.

FREDERICK A. EMERICK.

Witnesses:

DELBERT I-I. DECKER, ETHEL L. LAWLER.

